• Paul v. Destito

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex M. Lamb III Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Michael T. Nations and David C. Nutter Nations, Toman & Nutter LLP, Atlanta, for Paul. Lawrence E. Newlin and Frank R. Olson, Atlanta, for Destito.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A01A0185; A01A0186

    Trial court should have conducted a hearing on plaintiff's litigation expenses after it properly determined that the evidence did not support that portion of the jury's

  • Sudler v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2001-07-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick L. Meriwether and Robert L. Tharp Meriwether & Tharp LLP, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Weinstock Weinstock & Scavo PC, Thomas G. Sampson Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Lemuel H. Ward City of Atlanta Law Dep't and Monica E. Ewing, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A0774; A01A0775; A01A0776

    A covenant not to sue precluded the plaintiffs' suit against the city for breach of a forbearance agre

  • Lee v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0420

    The 17-year time lapse between defendant's prior sexual offense and the charged crime went to the weight of the evidence, not its admissib

  • Rosenheimer v. Tidal Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene C. Brooks IV and Christopher M. Kessinger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel C. Cohen, Ashlee H. Vaught Brannen, Searcy & Smith, Savannah, and Mark Cambron Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, Ky., for appellee. Other party representation: Michael L. Miller, Hall F. McKinley III Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, and J. Scott Vaughn Royal & Vaughn, Savannah.

    Case Number: A01A0680

    The 4-year limitation period on plaintiffs' tort claims arising out of the use of synthetic stucco in the construction of their home did not begin to run before issuance of the certificate of occu

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Russum

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Wiley Jr. and Kim M. Jackson Fain, Major & Wiley PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas G. Hotard Jr. and Bobby C. Caudell Caudell & Hotard, Baldwin, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A0365

    A watercraft exclusion in a homeowner's insurance policy excluded coverage for the death of plaintiff's wife in a boating acc

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  • Riches to Rags Inc. v. McAlexander & Assocs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-06-01
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Parker and Joseph C. Sharp Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Christopher Simpson and Greg S. McLaughlin Simpson Law Offices LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Frank M. Henry Henry & Co. LLP, Gainesville.

    Case Number: A01A0166

    Defendant's intentional and wilful refusal to respond to discovery in the plaintiff's breach of contract suit supported the trial court's dismissal of defendant's answer and counterclaim as a san

  • Gooch v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-01
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Lynn M. Akeley-Alderman District Attorney's Office, Dahlonega, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0123

    The trial court erred in sentencing defendant for selling methamphetamine after directing a verdict of acquittal on that

  • American Global Dev. Group Inc. v. Sasser & Weatherford Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. O'Donnell Menden & O'Donnell, Roswell, and G. Brian Raley The Raley Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donna W. Howell James S. S. Howell Law Offices, and Dennis K. Calhoun, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0007

    A separate created by the defendant to purchase property and build a hotel was entitled to a directed verdict in the plaintiff's suit for breach of a real estate contract because the separate

  • Bradford v. Rossi

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marshall A. Bradford, Elberton, proceeded pro se. James S. Owens Jr. and Charles R. Carson Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A01A0427

    Plaintiff's failure to attach an expert affidavit establishing adequate medical care was fatal to his claim that defendant abandoned him as a pa

  • Meyers v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, Dallas, and Thomas J. Melanson McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A01A0145

    Evidence that defendant and four companions kicked open the door to the victim's home, held the victim at gunpoint in his living room and took $3,500 and a handgun from his bedroom supported defenda